Takes a licking, keeps on ticking

A broken femur isn’t getting in the way of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s work.

Two days after surgery to repair his right thigh bone that was broken in a freak accident at a ski resort last weekend, the governor has ordered his staff to bring the video conferencing equipment from his Los Angeles office to the hospital so he can keep in touch with his staff in Sacramento.

A Schwarzenegger spokesman told us this morning that the governor is doing just fine and that he insisted getting some work done even though he’s bed-ridden.

The governor broke his leg last Saturday at Sun Valley Ski Resort in Idaho during a family vacation. He was standing on the last part of a slope when he slipped and fell. Doctors say surgery on Tuesday at an undisclosed Los Angeles-area hospital has been successful. He is scheduled to be discharged tomorrow.

The governor’s office released these photos to show he is doing the people’s business from his hospital bed.